Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-03-05

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 against the pitilrss storm. The bodie,
 were much bruised by the rocks oyel
 which the lOst ones had clin bed. Evi
 dences were plainly visible of the des
 perate struggle which the noble woman
 had made for her own and the lives ol
 her children. The bodies were placed
 Tn buggy and taken to the home O.
 the distracted husband and father
 who had just returned from . dis
 tance m response 10 the summons of his
 friends.
 PRESCOTT, Feb. 26.-Ths Councils
 afternoon session brought out all the la
 tent eloqueDce that has been smouldsr-
 ing since the session commenced, on the
 school bill, and the amendments sbuut
 the salary of teachers, allowing SI25 for
 both first and second olsss Certificates.
 The bill wss finally carried, allowing
 Sl25 per month for teachers of ihe first
 class, and ninety dollars per month for
 teachers of the second class.
 Friday wss a notable day in the house,
 ana the full particulars were not COZ
 tained in your dispatches. The PIms
 or New Mexico cattle bill came up, so did Fishers Kansas bill. All day, Scott,
 as spokesman, contested the Fisher bill, line by line. He got the better of the Fisher bill this morning. To get even, Fisher introduced bill to wipe out the
 University, which was & menace to the Pima county delegation.
 A resolution was introduced to pay for extra clerk hire by assessing each member two dollars.
 House Bill S9, introduced by Leather xunoH DrnusIaa Tor nroeeaktun HaNna,S,ro in banks. It was drawn by Peter Bo- Ian. The legal holiday bIll is the code hill as amended by TrippNL There IS no more pulling s.rsws for hold over sup eryisors who get big vote.
 At the afternoon session to-day Wores dentistry bill passed.
 Scott of Pima introduced bill to at tach the state of Sonora to Cochise. The Frisco county bill came up. and after the usual sharp practices and hot words, passed by vote of 15 to s. A resolution to adjourn for drinks. was lost. The Council was heartily cursed.
 BERLIN, February 26.-The North German Gazette denies the statement made by the Temps, of Paris. that Bis mack in 1879 declared that Gortschakoff should never be permitted to take the Balkan states for Russia- The Gazette asserts with emphasis that Germany has DO interest in the East and will not meddle in any quarrel which may arise there. In conclusion the paper says: It Is impossible tha. BIsmsck has ever sad that would warrant the In- ference that Germany would dispute Russia her claim to the Balkans.
 WAsHISGTOS, February 26-J. H. Wright. of Missouri, has been confirmed as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 1s Arizona.
 BERLIN. February 26-A New Ger man Liberal paper estimates that the second ballot for members of the Reich stag will result in the return of twenty tour New Liberals, fourteen National Liberals, sixssen Conservatives. two Free Conservatives, seven Ultra Mon .snes, and eight Socialists.
 NEW YORK, February 26-There are now more than 5,0OO silk operatives ont ,i work at Patterson, \. J. The trouble isartsd with 1890 of dyers because their l employers would not agree to @ new of wages and conditions. The | irst of these conditions vss in effect hat no one should be employed but h nights of Labor and members of the UnIOn and that all employers should de- iuct from the wages of the hands, their niOn dues and assessments. The em- oloyers said they could not do this it was question of the control of their busi- less, and If 1t had to be settled 1t was ,est to settle it now, ss the spring and | ummer stock had been manufactured | md they could afford to shut down sev- 'ral months if necessary. This decision | nay be stated to be final with the sill | manufacturers, hence the strike soon be- l ,an to effect other workers. No more | Earps were given out and as soon ss he looms were empty the vssvers be- ,an to be laid of After the spinners md workmen ID other departments were and Of, until now the number out IS bout one-third of all in that business in he city. If the strike keeps up two weeks longer the remaining 10000 work rs will be idle. It is loss of hundreds f thousands of dollars to the city. | Commercial business is greatly affected. |
 EAsToS, Penn, February 26.-A de ,lorable accident occurred this afternoon | m the Lehigh Valley railroad. sbouttwo | niles above this city. by which six boys, whose ages ranged from 12 to l5 years, we're killed. The unfortunate youths | we're Walter Moon, Walter Heath, Will | is Pesroe. John Gregg, Charles Bon tein and Manning Gsris, all of Easton. They h0d been out hunting muskrats md were walking on the railroad track ,n their way home. A coal train bear Dg down upon them the boys stepped O the opposite track, when they were truck by fat passenger train, horribly nangled and killed. There were seven ,oys in the party, six of whom were truck by the engine and thrown either ,esveen the tracks or against the side f the coal train. Harry Pearce was truck by his brother and knocked from be track uBiniured. After falling he umped to bis feet, caught hold of bis brother. shook him and sad: Wake ID; what are you lying here for? He hen saw bis brothers horribly mangled lead and burst into hysterlcs. By this ime the passenger train was stopped nd backed 10 where the bodies lay. flaming Gsris was still alive but died .fter he and his dead companions were brought here. All the bodies were ,lsced in a small building near the caston depot to await the arrival of he Coroner. The skulls of the boys Fere crushed and msngled. One of the ,Oys had one arm and both legs broken. t vas terrible sight to see the bodies 4 the six boys lying in the road. AS hey were gszed upon by 6 large crowd f people, iesrs filled the eyes of the ,ystsnders.
 Engineer Monroe Music, who was unninR the passenger train, said: II eft Bethlehem seven minutes late and Fas running at reduced speed on account f the slInding snovssorm, which pre- ented me from seeing anything on the rack. l knew nothing about the scci- ent until my fireman called to me to top"